Overview

Council will receive five (5) new lots of land through the dedication process following the registration of the subdivision at 115 Pine Gully Road, Estella.

Of these five lots, three (3) contain easements benefiting Council and service authorities, including for water drainage and underground powerlines.

Given that three (3) of the identified lots are affected by easements benefiting service authorities and/or Council, their classification as community land is not considered appropriate. Council is therefore looking to initially classify the land as operational land.

A report was presented at the 13 October 2025 Ordinary Meeting, where Council resolved to support, in principle and subject to public exhibition, the classification of the acquired land as operational land under section 34 of the Local Government Act 1993.

A public exhibition period was held from 17 October - 14 November 2025.

Location of lots

Figure 1 showing location of proposed Lots to be classified as operational land

Public Exhibition

The public exhibition was held for 28 days from 17 October 2025 to 14 November 2025.

Upon completion of the public exhibition period a further report will be provided to Council noting any submissions received and seeking an endorsement of a final resolution to classify Lots 1553, 1554 and 1556 in DP 1318011 as operational land.

The proposed report’s recommendation to go back to Council at the end of the public exhibition period is as follows:

That Council:

  • Note x submissions received during the public exhibition period and noted in the body of the report
  • Classify the land described as Lots 1553, 1554 and 1556 in Deposited Plan 1318011 as operational land in accordance with section 31(2) of the Local Government Act 1993

Submissions can be made via the form below.